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The  Middlebury  Gymnasium 

VOL.  I.  NO.  3. 


[Supplement  to  the  Middlebury  College  Bulletin,  Vol.  IV,  No.  5.] 

FURTHER  PROGRESS. 

The  number  of  alumni  contributors  is  now  204.  This 
is  a gain  of  69  since  May  16,  the  date  of  The  Middlebury 
Gymnasium.  No.  2.  The  Fund  now  stands  at  $43,412, 
leaving  $16,588  still  to  be  secured. 

THE  GYMNASIUM  AND  THE  GENERAL  EDUCATION 
BOARD. 

The  grant  of  the  General  Education  Board  changes 
materially  the  present  campaign  for  funds  among  the 
alumni  and  friends  of  Middlebury.  Before,  we  were  try- 
ing to  raise  $60,000  for  one  building : now  we  have  in 
view  $200,000  for  the  general  expansion  of  the  College. 
The  Board  pledges  $50,000  toward  a total  of  $200,000. 
Of  the  $200,000,  one  half  ($100,000)  must  be  reserved 
for  general  endowment,  a permanent  trust  fund,  and 
$100,000  may  be  expended  in  buildings  and  equipment. 
Under  the  terms  of  the  Board’s  offer,  any  part  of  the 
$100,000  can  be  put  into  a gymnasium,  but  in  the  circum- 
stances it  will  be  wise  not  to  expend  more  than  $50,000 
for  a gymnasium,  leaving  $50,000  for  another  building. 
For  the  sum  named  we  ought  to  be  able  to  erect  and 
equip  a substantial  and  commodious  gymnasium,  useful 


for  Commencement  gatherings,  dramatic  representations, 
and  college  entertainments,  as  well  as  for  physical 
exercise. 

It  is  not  proposed  to  inaugurate  a second  general 
alumni  subscription,  in  addition  to  the  gymnasium  fund. 
The  alumni  will  be  asked  to  complete  the  $60,000,  and 
individuals  among  them  will  doubtless  come  forward  with 
substantial  contributions  toward  the  $90,000  which  will 
still  be  needed  to  meet  the  conditions  imposed  by  the 
General  Education  Board,  but  anything  like  general  class 
contributions  will  not  be  relied  upon  for  anything  more 
than  the  present  goal  of  $60,000. 

The  present  McCullough  Fund,  therefore,  is  the 
opportunity  of  the  alumni  at  large  to  help  the  College 
toward  $200,000.  The  appeal  of  the  College  certainly 
comes  with  much  greater  force  in  this  situation.  Here  is 
an  opportunity  to  strengthen  the  College  all  along  the 
line,  physical  equipment  and  endowment,  adding  more 
than  one-fourth  to  our  present  resources.  What  graduate 
or  former  student  would  not  bear  some  part  in  such  an 
undertaking  ? 

TIME  FOR  PAYMENT. 

By  the  terms  of  the  General  Education  Board’s  offer, 
$150,000  must  be  subscribed  before  December  31,  1911, 
and  all  subscriptions  must  be  paid  on  or  before  December 
31,  1913.  All  pledges  on  the  McCullough  Fund  made  on 
blanks  heretofore  sent  out  will  count.  We  have  there- 
fore a year  and  a half  to  get  subscriptions  and  two  years 
more  to  make  collections.  But  Governor  McCullough 
has  given  us  only  until  Commencement  to  secure  his 
$25,000,  and  it  is  therefore  of  the  utmost  importance  that 


$35  >000  be  pledged  by  June  22 . Nearly  seventeen  thousand 
dollars  is  still  needed.  Are  there  not  enough  alumni  and 
friends  to  promise  that  amount  by  that  time,  allowing 
themselves  as  much  time  before  December  31,  1913,  for 
payment  as  may  be  necessary  ? One  would  say  that  a very 
large  proportion  of  the  former  students  would  be  able  to 
see  their  way  to  making  a substantial  donation  to  their 
alma  mater,  under  the  liberal  terms  for  payment  allowed 
by  the  General  Education  Board. 

A BIT  OF  GOOD  NEWS. 

On  June  4 Mr.  A.  Barton  Hepburn,  ’71,  who  gave 
$30,000  towards  the  Pearsons  Fund,  announced  his  inten- 
tion to  give  $25,000  for  general  endowment  to  meet  the 
conditions  of  the  General  Education  Board’s  grant.  He 
is  entitled  to  deepest  gratitude  from  every  friend  of  Mid- 
dlebury.  This  means  that  we  have  only  to  complete  the 
McCullough  fund  and  secure  $65,000  additional,  in  order 
to  get  the  $200,000.  It  places  this  large  benefaction 
within  our  reach,  provided  we  all  rally  to  do  our  utmost. 

A GOOD  EXAMPLE. 

Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Conn.,  has  recently  com- 
pleted an  endowment  fund  of  $500,000.  They  have  875 
living  alumni,  about  the  same  number  as  Middlebury. 
Five  hundred  and  ninety-five  were  contributors,  or  63  per 
cent.  They  gave  in  all  $223,471,  or  44.1  per  cent,  of  all 
contributed.  Every  class  beginning  with  1848  contrib- 
uted, and  in  eleven  classes  eyery  living  member  gave. 
Shall  Trinity  do  better  than  Middlebury  ? Thus  far  25  of 
our  classes  with  living  members  have  not  given  a dollar, 
and  not  a single  class  has  secured  a contribution  from 
every  member. 


3 


THE  DAYS  REMAINING. 

Only  eleven  days  remain  before  Commencement.  Even 
in  ordinary  times  they  are  the  most  crowded  of  all  the 
year.  Your  president  must  gather  up  the  facts  concern- 
ing a year’s  work  for  report  to  the  Corporation,  attend  to 
a multitude  of  last  duties  in  preparation  for  Commence- 
ment, confer  with  a large  number  of  students  on  plans  for 
the  coming  year,  and  in  addition  meet  five  school  com- 
mencement appointments  made  months  ago,  before  the 
present  crisis  could  be  foreseen.  Individual  solicitations 
are  out  of  the  question,  and  it  may  be  impossible  even  to 
reply  to  all  individual  correspondents.  Most  earnestly  he 
appeals  for  the  co-operation  of  each  and  all,  in  order  that 
the  offer  of  half  the  cost  of  a gymnasium  and  one-fourth 
the  General  Education  Board  fund,  may  not  be  lost. 

Remember  the  question  is, — What  can  you  do  for 
Middlebury  in  the  next  three  years?  Write  your  answer 
on  the  enclosed  pledge  form. 


THE  RETURNS  BY  CLASSES. 


Before  i860: 

Geo.  N Boardman,  ’47, 
W.  A.  Farnsworth,  ’48, 
E.  J.  Matthews,  ’50, 

C.  M.  Mead,  ’56, 

H.  M.  Barnum,  ’58, 
Brainerd  Kellogg,  ’58, 
A Friend, 


1860-1870: 

Joseph  Battell,  ’6o, 

E.  B.  Sherman,  ’60, 
Henry  F.  Walker,  ’6o, 
George  E.  Plumbe,  ’6i, 
R.  S.  Holmes,  ’62, 

D.  E.  Boyden,  ’63, 

L.  H.  Hemenway,  ’64, 


$100 

14 

5 

20 

500 

500 

25 

#1,164 

#5° 

100 

1,000 

25 

25 

5 

30 


T.  M.  Chapman,  ’66, 
E.  W.  Howe,  ’69, 


1870-1880: 

A.  B.  Hepburn,  *71, 
W.  E.  Howard,  *71, 

C.  C.  Gove,  ’74, 

G.  M.  Wright,  ’74, 

J.  W.  Abernethy,  ’76, 
W.  I.  Brown,  ’76, 
James  M.  Gifford,  ’77, 
W.  I.  Twitchell,  ’77, 


1880-1890: 

Julius  G.  Linsley,  ’8o, 
H.  Olin  Cady,  ’81, 


100 

100 

£ 1.435 

$1,000 

100 

10 

1,000 

100 

25 

1,000 

20 

£3.255 

£10 

2 


4 


Frank  C.  Partridge,  ’8i, 

F.  D.  Proctor,  ’81, 

25 

1,000 

Frank  A.  Walker,  ’82, 

100 

John  C.  Miller,  ’82, 

5° 

James  Ten  Broeke,  ’84, 

10 

E.  P.  Miller,  ^4, 

15 

E.  L.  Allen,  ’88, 

100 

Seymour  Edgerton,  ’88, 

J.  J.  Hassett,  ’88, 

100 

5° 

$M97 

1890: 

Geo.  P.  Hitchcock 

$2$ 

A.  A.  Lavery 

IOO 

A.  D.  Mead 

50 

L.  H.  Ross 

IOO 

J.  M.  Thomas 

200 

#475 

1891 : 

F.  L.  Bell 

#5° 

E.  W.  Benedict 

30 

E.  C.  Bryant 

25 

C.  A.  Mead 

25 

T.  H.  Noonan 

IOO 

I.  E.  Pinney 

10 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Thomas 

IOO 

#340 

1892: 

B.  D.  Colby 

*150 

Alexander  Macdonald 

5° 

J.  F.  McNaboe 

IOO 

#3°° 

1893: 

D.  H.  Agnew 

#25 

E.  R.  Brown 

25 

C.  E.  Hesselgrave 

25 

B.  C.  Miner 

25 

E.  R.  Sturtevant 

10 

$110 

1894: 

S.  S.  Eddy 

#25 

C.  B.  Toleman 

1 VO  1 0 

*5= 

1895: 

C.  A.  Adams 

$1 0 

John  Barlow 

5° 

E.  L.  Cushman 

3° 

C.  R.  Dunton 

5 

W.  H.  Eldridge 

IOO 

E.  J.  Fullam 

25 

W.  S.  Grant 

IOO 

George  D.  Scott 

25 

Blanche  A.  Verder 

10 

George  S.  Wright 

5° 

R.  0.  Wooster 

5 

#410 

1896: 

H.  E.  Foster 

#10 

Guy  C.  Lamson 

IOO 

Mary  0.  Pollard 

50 

C.  W.  Prentiss 

30 

E.  M.  Roscoe 

50 

#240 

1897: 

L.  A.  Brown 

#10 

J.  A.  Cadwell 

15 

Ellen  C.  Gordon 

15 

B.  L.  Haydon 

10 

#5° 

1898: 

Florence  C.  Allen 

$6 

W.  H.  Botsford 

20 

B.  M.  Bristol 

!5 

W.  B.  Dunton 

25 

J.  A.  Peck 

20 

H.  E.  Sessions 

10 

H.  L.  Skeels 

30 

Luella  Whitney  Dunn 

50 

H.  0.  Sears 

20 

#195 

1899: 

Mrs.  Boyden 

$20 

F.  W.  Cady 

30 

Augusta  M.  Kelley 

15 

F.  W.  Noble 

25 

George  W.  Stone 

15 

Annis  M.  Sturges 

10 

R.  L.  Thompson 

2i 

E.  J.  Waterman 

io 

$160 

5 


1900: 

William  T.  Barnard  $20 

S.  B.  Botsford  25 

W.  H.  Lane  20 

J.  E.  Stetson  10 

Florence  M.  Andrews  5 

Florence  M.  Hemenway  10 

$90 

1901: 

Walter  M.  Barnard  $20 

Lemuel  R.  Brown  30 

Reid  L.  Carr  25 

Bert  L.  Stafford  25 

Roy  S.  Sterns  35 

H.  C.  Tong  (and  Mrs.  Tong,  ’00)  30 

Cecile  Child  Allen  50 

Gertrude  E.  Cornish  10 

Fannie  Smith  Nye  100 

Mildred  A.  Weld  5 

$3  3° 

1902 : 

O.  K.  Collins  $25 

George  R.  Drake  25 

John  R.  Duffield  50 

Frederick  A.  Hughes  20 

John  E.  Thompson  20 

Charles  A.  Voetch  25 

Julius  A.  Willcox  10 

Percival  Wilds  25 

F.  A.  Simmons  (and  Mrs. 

Simmons,  ’oi)  50 

$250 

1903: 

Charles  W.  Allen  $25 

M.  V.  Drake  10 

C.  F.  Lesrter  10 

Learned  R.  Noble  20 

Duane  L.  Robinson  25 

J.T.  Weed  10 

$100 

1904: 

E.  T.  Duffield  #25 

A.  W.  Eddy  40 

W.  H.  Hammersley  25 

LeRoy  F.  Hovey  15 

R.  W.  Jocelyn  10 


H.  G.  Lynde 

10 

C.  D.  Simonds 

25 

E.  W.  Willcox 

5° 

Florence  E.  Perley 

5 

Maude  M.  Tucker 

10 

#215 

1905: 

S.  L.  Abbott 

$5 

S.  H.  Lane 

20 

Percy  L.  Roberts 

40 

Charles  B.  Weld 

10 

Bessie  M.  Bump 

5 

Florence  Giddings  Gates 

5 

Alice  J.  Potter 

10 

Fannie  L.  Milliken 

5 

$100 

1906: 

Angus  E.  Burt 

$40 

David  A.  Hooker 

100 

George  E.  Kimball 

20 

Gordon  D.  McQuivey 

35 

Charles  B.  Parker 

5 

Justin  M„  Ricker 

20 

Inez  Stevens  Abbott 

5 

Vermce  Lovett 

5° 

Pauline  A.  Smith 

5 

Anne  F.  Smith 

5 

$2$$ 

1007 : 

W.  L.  Barnum 

$ 5 

Thomas  H.  Bartley 

5 

R.  I.  Haseltine 

20 

Bernard  J.  Mulcahy 

5 

Wm.  J.  Shanahan 

5*° 

Chester  M.  Walch 

10 

Agnes  F.  Murdoch 

5 

$100 

1908 : 

George  G.  Duff 

$25 

George  H.  Learned 

10 

Ivan  E.  Winslow 

100 

Marie  L.  Chaffee 

5 

Rachel  Pike 

5 

6 


1909: 

Carrie  E.  Damon 

5 

C.  H.  Beane 

$80 

Cora  M.  Derby 

10 

E.  J.  Bjerry 

25 

Edith  V.  Fay 

10 

C.  H.  Carey 

20 

Winifred  W.  Fiske 

5 

J.  A.  Chalmers 

25 

Fannie  M.  Gates 

2 

Rufus  Crane 

5 

Olive  E.  Getman 

10 

R.  B.  DeLano 

10 

Hazel  McLeod 

10 

F.  A.  Farnsworth 

15 

Bertha  0.  Stilson 

10 

W.  T.  Fiske 

10 

The  Class 

38 

H.  L.  French 

20 

— 

C.  S.  Hadley 

20 

$721 

I.  D.  Hagar 

10 

W.  V.  Hagar 

25 

Friends : 

H.  M.  Hall 

20 

Mrs.  A.  W.  Boardman 

$ 200 

R.  C.  Holt 

5 

“ P.  D.”  per  J.  M.  T. 

200 

C.  S.  Martin 

25 

John  G.  McCullough 

26,477 

E.  H.  Martin,  Jr. 

40 

Charles  F.  Mathewson 

100 

J.  W.  McCormack 

10 

In  Memory  of  Harrison 

Sfc  W.  Sanford 

40 

Prindle,  ’63 

40 

H.  A.  Severy 

20 

Dr.  M.  Allen  Starr 

1,000 

D.  M.  Shewbrooks 

25 

Edward  A.  Burt 

5° 

L.  D.  Smith 

25 

Wm.  W.  McGilton 

50 

R.  A.  Stevens 

5° 

Myron  R.  Sanford 

50 

L.  B.  Tobin 

25 

Charles  B.  Wright 

100 

J.  A.  Viele 

20 

Joseph  A.  DeBoer 

100 

H.  S.  White 

16 

A Friend 

1,000 

0.  J.  Williams 

15 

A Friend,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

10 

Clara  M.  Buffum 

5 

A Friend 

25 

Caroline  H.  Clark 

10 

InezC.  Cook 

5 

$29,402 

THE  RESPONSE  OF 

FORMER  STUDENTS 

The  following  table  is 

based  upon  the  list  of  former 

students,  graduates  and  non-graduates,  who  are  still  living. 

NO.  OF  NO. 

STILL  TO 

CLASSES 

AMOUNT 

CONTRIBUTORS  HEAR  FROM 

Before  i860 

#1,164 

7 

39 

1860-1870 

1.435 

9 

no 

1870-1880 

3.255 

8 

97 

1880-1890 

1.497 

1 1 

114 

s, 

00 

w 

475 

5 

16 

189I 

340 

7 

10 

1892 

300 

3 

3 

7 


CLASSES 

AMOUNT 

NO.  OF 

CONTRIBUTORS 

NO.  STILL  TO 

HEAR  FROM 

1893 

no 

5 

15 

1894 

SO 

2 

IS 

1895 

410 

II 

l6 

1896 

240 

5 

26 

1897 

So 

4 

15 

1898 

195 

9 

21 

1899 

160 

8 

24 

1900 

90 

7 

30 

1901 

330 

11 

*5 

1902 

250 

9 

19 

I9°3 

100 

6 

34 

1904 

215 

10 

28 

1905 

TOO 

8 

35 

1906 

285 

10 

19 

1907 

IOO 

7 

3i 

1908 

X4S 

5 

47 

1909 

721 

37 

26 

INCREASED  SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

In  the  first  few  hours  after  the  announcement  of  the 
$ 200,000  fund,  George  M.  Wright,  ’74,  who  had  pledged 
$1000  for  the  gymnasium,  sent  a card  for  $4000  additional. 
Thomas  H.  Noonan,  ’91,  and  Guy  C.  Lamson,  ’96,  in- 
creased their  subscriptions  from  $25  to  $100  ; Fanny  Smith 
Nye,  ’oi,  changed  the  figure  opposite  her  name  from  $20 
to  $100,  and  Carson  H.  Beane,  ’09,  made  his  pledge  $80 
instead  of  $50.  These  first  responses  on  the  General  Ed- 
ucation Board  subscription  are  mentioned  simply  to  show 
that  the  grant  of  the  Board  is  recognized  by  the  alumni  as 
constituting  an  entirely  new  situation.  , 

JOHN  M.  THOMAS.  ; 

Middlebury  College, 

June  11,  1910. 


